Mount Gay Black Barrel

Mount Gay Black Barrel has a lot going for it. I was not impressed with the MG Eclipse but at twice the price where I live, MG BB is a massive upgrade. For starters, light, funky fruit, rotting banana and a lot of bourbon barrel rye spice. Dry, pleasant, no burn, refined. This is nice Barbados rum. My rating is definitely over seven but I just cannot round it up to the rums in my eight ratings.

This rum is smooth, flavorful, balanced, affordable and unique. I can sip this all day neat, no problem. It also works great in any rum cocktail that you don’t need or want a Jamaican rum. I see a lot of people here comparing this to whiskey and saying that it taste like whiskey and not rum. Personally I don’t find that true whatsoever. This is rum that taste like a smooth and flavorful rum that is sure to bring a smile to your palate and wallet.

I didnt see that it was whiskey and bourbon style of rum. I dont drink whiskey so this was not that great.

Tasted 5/8/22 at Laka Lono, side by side with the Mount Gay Silver.
This is a very acceptable rum. It is "so. earthy." with "kinda a bite on the end" which keeps it from being rated a 6.
Edit: tasted at Secret Park, Omaha November 3, 2023
Appearance: gold
Aroma: vanilla and butterscotch
Taste: smokey, caramel, delicious.
This would make a killer daiquiri ❤️
Rating being upgraded to 7

I tried their XO and was completely done with MG. After going through my local one door stores stock and reading reviews on this I said OK, one more try at half the price seemed worthy. WOW! If your drinking XO give this one a try. It blows the XO away IMO.

Clean sipping, not much smoke
Vanilla, caramel
Not very hot

This is not as good as their XO, but not as expensive either. Definitely has a stronger taste... I enjoy it

Very tasty, just some ice will suffice. I like that it's not that sweet and very delicate in the aftertaste.

Definitely taste the barley influence from American whiskey barrels on this. Good but not a must have for me.

If you like whisky and/or bourbon you will most likely like this style of rum. Pretty good as a sipper imo.